The first film, which became the Russian response to all US superhero films, was released on February 23, 2017. The creators of the picture intended to show their own movie universe, filled with heroes and their enemies.
Plot of the film
"Defenders" begin with military exercises, where they test robotic spiders, which should become weapons of mass destruction. But the situation gets out of control when August Kuratov attacks a group of soldiers and subordinates all robots to his will.
Secret services immediately begin to search for traces of Kuratov. But the chapter understands that they cannot cope with Augustus by their own strength. Then he decides to restore the Patriot project and return all who were once part of it.
The film "Defenders": actors and roles
An important role in the creation of the film was played by the actors. Their task was not just to convey the emotions of their characters. The cast was to make the audience believe that their characters have unusual abilities.
The film starred both famous and venerable figures, and beginners, while little-known actors.
Arsus
In the film "Defenders", actor Anton Pampushny played the role of Arsus, who many years ago became part of the Patriot project. Then, as a teenager, dozens of experiments were performed, painful operations were performed. And all in order to turn ordinary women and men into superhuman.
Project managers managed to achieve their goals. Arsus became a werewolf. At will, he is able to turn into a bear. Due to the transformation, inhuman stamina, smell and strength are manifested.
After the project was closed, Arsus was hiding for a long time. Due to Kuratov’s attack, intelligence services tracked down a man in the forests of Siberia, where he has to fight off hunters.
Larina recruits Arsus to the Defenders team. But the half-man does not yet realize that he will meet a man whom he has been trying to forget for so long.
Khan
In the film "Defenders" Sanjar Madiev tried on the image of Khan. Cruel experiments were also conducted on Khan during the Patriot. All this led to the fact that the man aroused a very dangerous gift.
Khan is able to move at the speed of sound. During his wanderings, he learned to handle knives perfectly. Unlike Arsus, Khan has long ceased to hide. Instead, he moved to Kazakhstan, where he turned into a vigilante, killing criminals.
Lernik “Ler” Hovhannisyan
For the film "Defenders" actor Sebastian Sisak-Grigoryan reincarnated as Lera. After the experiments conducted during the existence of the Patriot project, he acquired quite specific powers. A man is able to control stones of any size. Lumps, at the request of Lera, become either a weapon or a shield.
The man is tired of running. Ler wants a quiet and peaceful life. For these reasons, he chose the monastery as a refuge. When Larina begins recruiting, Ler immediately refuses the offer.
It is possible to convince him only by mentioning that August Kuratov became the villain this time. The leader of the once-existing Patriot project.
Ksenia
In the Russian film "Defenders", the actors had to reincarnate as real superheroes. So, Alina Lanina, who played the role of Xenia, became an invisible man. The girl’s body underwent significant changes during the experiments.
Ksenia implanted plates under her skin that allowed her to make her body invisible. Also, the girl does not feel the temperature: she is not afraid of either cold or heat. After the project was closed, Ksenia lost her memory. But still, the girl agrees to become part of the "Defenders" and stop Kuratov.
Elena Larina
Not all the actors of the film "Defenders" (Russia) tried on the images of characters who possess superpowers. So it happened with Valeria Shkirando, who played the role of Elena Larina.
The girl works in special services. But after the attack of Kuratov, she was entrusted with the task of gathering the members of the closed Patriot project into a single team. Larina without fear goes to the recruitment of people who can easily kill her.
In the first days after recruitment, she teaches the Defenders to interact with each other. And after the first failed mission, Larina helps her wards lick their wounds and return to duty again.
August Kuratov
During the creation of the film “Defenders,” photos of actor Stanislav Shirin, who played in the film by August Kuratov, appeared on the Web long before the premiere. In the distant past, Kuratov was obsessed with the idea of creating superhumans that would bring the USSR victory in the Cold War.
August recruited volunteers over whom cruel and terrifying experiments were made. But Kuratov achieved his goal, and the Patriot project was replenished with people with unusual abilities.
But Augustus did not want to just watch other people use superpowers. He decided to become like them. Kuratov subjected himself to experiments and awakened abilities that enabled him to control any technique.
For many years, August accumulated strength to return to the world of the living and destroy everyone who does not want to obey his will.